Quiz 8: Queen Elizabeth II – Part III

1. How many ladies attended Elizabeth at her coronation?
   
   14
   27
   39
   45
   
2. At her coronation, Elizabeth wore a mantle of cloth of gold and silver.  How many yards of cloth were used to make it?
   
   11 yards
   17 yards
   20 yards
   23 yards
   
3. On what day was her coronation?
   
   15 January 1559
   18 January 1559
   21 January 1559
   23 January 1559
   
4. How long did the banquet after her coronation last?
   
   8 hours
   10 hours
   12 hours
   14 hours
   
5. Who crowned Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey?
   
   archbishop of Canterbury
   bishop of Durham
   bishop of Carlisle
   bishop of York
   
6. Which lady-in-waiting publicly offended the queen by dressing too well in 1559?
   
   Lady Lettice Knollys
   Lady Mary Howard 
   Lady Frances Sidney
   Lady Catherine Grey
   
7. What was Elizabeth’s motto as queen?
   
   Dieu et Mon Droit
   Veritas Temporis Filia
   In Omnia Paratus
   Semper Eadem
   
8. In what year did Mary, queen of Scots first assume the title ‘Queen of England’?
   
   1558
   1560
   1564
   1571
   
9. In what year did Elizabeth almost die of smallpox?
   
   1559
   1560
   1562
   1565
   
10. When did Elizabeth actually title Robert Dudley the ‘earl of Leicester’?
    
    when he was proposed as a bridegroom for Mary queen of Scots
    when his wife died
    at her coronation
    when he was sent to command troops in the Netherlands
    

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